ontario sugar beet growers - Atrium - University of Guelph

Irr 1-8: dates where grower applied irrigation through the Pivot System
Location A: June 9 to October 3
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Grower measured rainfall - 392.43 mm
Instrument (tipping Bucket rain gauge) measured rainfall = 266.20 mm
- the grower measured 32.0% higher rainfall than the instrument
** June 30 The grower indicated an irrigation event yet there was no significant water
measured in the tipping bucket rain gauge under the pivot irrigation plot.
** July 22 The grower indicated an irrigation event yet there was no significant water
measured in the tipping bucket rain gauge under the pivot irrigation plot.
** August 10 The grower indicated measuring 10.16 mm of precipitation yet there was
no significant water collected in the tipping bucket rain gauge in the non-irrigated or
pivot irrigated plot.
**September 17 The grower did not indicate an irrigation event yet there was water
measured only under the pivot irrigation system and not in the non-irrigated plot
indicating that an irrigation event did take place.